Washington and Lee University

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instance of	private university private not-for-profit educational institution
inception	1749
named after	George Washington Robert E. Lee
legal form	Nonstock Corporation
industry	higher education

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Lexington
street address	204 West Washington Street, Lexington, VA, 24450-2116
postal code	24450-2116
coordinate location	37.7866, -79.4442
official website	https://www.wlu.edu/ · language of work or name: English

count of students	2,200 1,822 · 2018 2,234 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees	1,022 · September 2020
admission rate	25% · 2020
admission yield rate	37% · 2020

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	baccalaureate colleges: arts and sciences focus high undergraduate postbaccalaureate: single program - other four-year, small, highly residential arts & sciences plus professions, no graduate coexistence four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in

endowment	$1,998,334,000 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (2) $2,092,420,000 · 30 June 2021 $1,630,163,000 · 30 June 2020
total assets	$2,101,752,000 · 30 June 2020

member of	Digital Library Federation American Council on Education National Humanities Alliance
athletics program	Washington and Lee Generals

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (3)

image	2008-0831-WashingtonandLeeUniversity.jpg
logo image	Web wordmark1.png
seal image	Washington and lee univ seal.png

Wikimedia and technical details (8)

Commons category	Washington and Lee University
topic's main category	Category:Washington and Lee University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Washington and Lee University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Washington and Lee University faculty
described by source	The American Cyclopædia · statement is subject of: The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Washington and Lee University The New Student's Reference Work · statement is subject of: The New Student's Reference Work/Washington and Lee University New International Encyclopedia · statement is subject of: The New International Encyclopædia/Washington and Lee University
IPv4 routing prefix	137.113.0.0/16
Commons Institution page	Washington and Lee University
social media followers	10,344 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 20787409 · 4 February 2023 11,300 · YouTube channel ID: UCA2hD70-dEtAu8nGfJuh_Cw · 20 September 2025 Earlier figures (3) 10,042 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 20787409 · 28 March 2022 9,671 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 20787409 · 1 January 2021 9,397 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 20787409 · 24 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (33)

ARWU university ID	washington-and-lee-university
Crunchbase organization ID	washington-and-lee-university
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/Washington-and-Lee-University · subject named as: Washington and Lee University
Facebook username	washingtonandlee
Freebase ID	/m/01n4w_
GeoNames ID	4792363
GND ID	1055504-3
GRID ID	grid.268042.a
Harper's tag	washington-and-lee-university
Instagram username	wlunews
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	234207
ISNI	0000000121679145
J9U entity ID	987007340157905171
KISTI ID	K000208350
Legal Entity Identifier	549300FTPNOXR1WJLD26
Libraries Australia ID	36564413
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n79046221
LittleSis organization ID	41365
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	184889055
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100010250
OpenAlex ID	I184889055 P4310316453 · subject named as: Washington and Lee University
PermID	5000771002
Quora topic ID	Washington-Lee-University
Ringgold ID	4531
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SEVIS school ID	3375
SNARC ID	Q48464
Times Higher Education World University ID	washington-and-lee-university
VIAF cluster ID	138361020
X (Twitter) username	wlunews · number of subscribers: 9,397 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 20787409 · 24 April 2020
YouTube channel ID	UCA2hD70-dEtAu8nGfJuh_Cw · subject named as: Washington and Lee University · number of works: 1,010 · number of subscribers: 11,300 · number of viewers/listeners: 2,744,027 · 21 September 2025
‎Scilit organization ID	3333
‎Yale LUX ID	group/4afffaba-4b01-4cf8-81de-f5a5f4c60427